Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Acting
Born 1930-10-01 - Died 2002-10-25Limerick City, Munster, Ireland

Biography

Richard St John Francis Harris (October 1, 1930 – October 25, 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert, Frank Machin in This Sporting Life, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and as King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot, as well as the 1981 revival of the stage musical. He played an English aristocrat captured by the Sioux in A Man Called Horse (1970), Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970), an embattled Irish farmer in Jim Sheridan's The Field (which earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor), English Bob in Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western Unforgiven (1992), Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) as Abbé Faria, and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), the latter of which was his final film role. Harris had a number-one singing hit in Australia, Jamaica and Canada, and a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park". In 2020, he was listed at number 3 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Movies (83)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001Movie7.9
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
7.7

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002Movie7.7
Gladiator
8.2

Gladiator

2000Movie8.2
The Count of Monte Cristo
7.7

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002Movie7.7
Unforgiven
7.9

Unforgiven

1992Movie7.9
Patriot Games
6.7

Patriot Games

1992Movie6.7
The Guns of Navarone
7.3

The Guns of Navarone

1961Movie7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966Movie7.3
The Hunchback
5.9

The Hunchback

1997Movie5.9
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.1

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962Movie7.1
Robin and Marian
6.3

Robin and Marian

1976Movie6.3
The Heroes of Telemark
6.9

The Heroes of Telemark

1965Movie6.9
Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.4

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997Movie6.4
Savage Hearts
4.3

Savage Hearts

1995Movie4.3
The Wild Geese
6.8

The Wild Geese

1978Movie6.8
Major Dundee
6.7

Major Dundee

1965Movie6.7
Orca
6.2

Orca

1977Movie6.2
The Cassandra Crossing
6.2

The Cassandra Crossing

1976Movie6.2
Man in the Wilderness
6.3

Man in the Wilderness

1971Movie6.3
Camelot
6.2

Camelot

1967Movie6.2
The Barber of Siberia
7.0

The Barber of Siberia

1998Movie7.0
A Man Called Horse
6.4

A Man Called Horse

1970Movie6.4
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
6.3

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959Movie6.3
Hawaii
6.3

Hawaii

1966Movie6.3
This Sporting Life
7.0

This Sporting Life

1963Movie7.0
Juggernaut
6.3

Juggernaut

1974Movie6.3
Cromwell
6.6

Cromwell

1970Movie6.6
The Apocalypse
5.5

The Apocalypse

2004Movie5.5
Tarzan the Ape Man
4.1

Tarzan the Ape Man

1981Movie4.1
The Molly Maguires
6.4

The Molly Maguires

1970Movie6.4
Red Desert
7.3

Red Desert

1964Movie7.3
The Snow Goose
7.3

The Snow Goose

1971Movie7.3
Alive and Kicking
7.1

Alive and Kicking

1959Movie7.1
Abraham
7.1

Abraham

1993Movie7.1
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
6.3

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993Movie6.3
The Three Faces
5.7

The Three Faces

1965Movie5.7
A Terrible Beauty
5.4

A Terrible Beauty

1960Movie5.4
Game for Vultures
5.2

Game for Vultures

1979Movie5.2
The Return of a Man Called Horse
5.7

The Return of a Man Called Horse

1976Movie5.7
Camelot
8.5

Camelot

1982Movie8.5
Cry, the Beloved Country
6.8

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995Movie6.8
Silent Tongue
4.7

Silent Tongue

1994Movie4.7
Shake Hands with the Devil
6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959Movie6.5
Highpoint
5.1

Highpoint

1984Movie5.1
Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005Movie
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
7.5

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

2005Movie7.5
The Field
7.0

The Field

1990Movie7.0
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
6.1

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998Movie6.1
Caprice
5.9

Caprice

1967Movie5.9
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
7.6

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

2001Movie7.6
The Deadly Trackers
6.0

The Deadly Trackers

1973Movie6.0
Maigret
7.5

Maigret

1988Movie7.5
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
7.6

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004Movie7.6
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
6.5

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988Movie6.5
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
7.4

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002Movie7.4
Exterior Day

Exterior Day

2022Movie
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
5.6

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

1983Movie5.6
Mack the Knife
6.6

Mack the Knife

1989Movie6.6
The Pearl
4.8

The Pearl

2001Movie4.8
Ravagers
4.5

Ravagers

1979Movie4.5
Gulliver's Travels
5.6

Gulliver's Travels

1977Movie5.6
To Walk with Lions
5.8

To Walk with Lions

1999Movie5.8
The Long and the Short and the Tall
6.7

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961Movie6.7
Grizzly Falls
6.0

Grizzly Falls

1999Movie6.0
This Is the Sea
6.0

This Is the Sea

1997Movie6.0
Golden Rendezvous
5.5

Golden Rendezvous

1977Movie5.5
Martin's Day
6.2

Martin's Day

1985Movie6.2
99 and 44/100% Dead
5.2

99 and 44/100% Dead

1974Movie5.2
The Last Word
5.0

The Last Word

1979Movie5.0
My Kingdom
5.5

My Kingdom

2001Movie5.5
King of the Wind
7.0

King of the Wind

1990Movie7.0
Echoes of a Summer
5.4

Echoes of a Summer

1976Movie5.4
Strike Commando 2
4.7

Strike Commando 2

1988Movie4.7
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese

Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese

1978Movie
The Great Kandinsky
7.5

The Great Kandinsky

1995Movie7.5
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
5.0

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

1981Movie5.0
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

2003Movie
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
5.7

Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

1973Movie5.7
Return of the Islander
5.3

Return of the Islander

1970Movie5.3
Hellraisers

Hellraisers

2000Movie
Arthur: King of the Britons
8.0

Arthur: King of the Britons

2002Movie8.0
Trojan Eddie
5.3

Trojan Eddie

1996Movie5.3
Bloomfield
5.9

Bloomfield

1970Movie5.9

TV Shows (17)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962Series7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961Series5.8
Film '72
5.1

Film '72

1971Series5.1
The Dick Cavett Show
6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

1968Series6.8
Dinah!
7.0

Dinah!

1974Series7.0
The Oscars
7.0

The Oscars

1953Series7.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948Series6.8
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
6.1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001Series6.1
Cinépanorama
8.7

Cinépanorama

1956Series8.7
The Hollywood Palace
5.0

The Hollywood Palace

1964Series5.0
Bette
7.8

Bette

2000Series7.8
Russell Harty

Russell Harty

1980Series
Julius Caesar
6.0

Julius Caesar

2002Series6.0
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
7.0

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993Series7.0
Abraham
7.2

Abraham

1994Series7.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951Series8.8
Flick Flack

Flick Flack

1974Series